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PART 104
JOSEPHINE BAKER - Ha∩ti (1934)
JEAN GABIN & JOSEPHINE BAKER - Viens Phiphine - Zouzou (1934)
JOSEPHINE BAKER - Sous le ciel d'Afrique (1935)
Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 ? April 12, 1975) was an American-born French expatriate entertainer and singer. She became a French citizen in 1937. Most noted as a singer, Baker was a celebrated dancer in her early career. She was given the nicknames the "Bronze Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations. In France, she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker".
Josephine dropped out of school at the age of 12, and started her career as a dancer and street performer by the age of 13. She entered vaudeville joining the St. Louis Chorus at 15. She then headed to New York City during the Harlem Renaissance, performing at the Plantation Club and in the chorus of the popular Broadway revues Shuffle Along (1921) and The Chocolate Dandies (1924). On October 2, 1925, she opened in Paris at the Théatre des Champs-╔lysées, where she became an instant success for her erotic dancing and for appearing practically nude on stage. After a successful tour of Europe, she reneged on her contract and returned to France to star at the Folies BergΦres, setting the standard for her future acts.
Ernest Hemingway called her " ... the most sensational woman anyone ever saw." In addition to being a musical star, Baker also starred in three films which found success only in Europe: the silent film "Siren of the Tropics" (1927), "Zouzou" (1934) and "Princesse Tamtam" (1935). Despite her popularity in France, she never obtained the same reputation in America. Her 1935-36 US performances received poor reviews, with the New York Times going so far as to call her a "Negro wench." Baker returned to Paris in 1937, married Frenchman Jean Lion, and became a French citizen and permanent expatriate.
In January 1966 she was invited by Fidel Castro to perform at the Teatro Musical de La Habana in Havana, Cuba. Her spectacular show in April of that year led to record breaking attendance.
In the words of Shirley Bassey, who has cited Baker as her primary influence, " ... she went from a 'petite danseuse sauvage' with a decent voice to 'la grande diva magnifique' ... I swear in all my life I have never seen, and probably never shall see again, such a spectacular singer and performer."
TOTAL LIST (21.07.2008 )
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The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll:
Important source of modern rock'n'roll, absolutely essential to the sound we think of as 60's rock, was, first, the Blues. Blues began as the music of black sharecroppers in the poor cotton-farming region of the Mississippi Delta, and traveled north to Chicago with the sharecroppers as thousands of them moved north in search of a better life. It was in Chicago that the blues went from acoustic solo guitar music to electric guitar-electric bass-drums combos. Muddy Waters, Little Milton, B.B. King, and Howlin' Wolf were just a few of these important Chicago blues artists.
BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON - TROUBLE WILL SOON BE OVER (1927)
SKIP JAMES - HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES (1931)
SKIP JAMES & ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART - ILLINOIS BLUES (1931)
CARMEN TWILLIE - GIVE ME FREEDOM
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - UP ABOVE MY HEAD
JOHN LEE HOOKER - TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
JOHN LEE HOOKER - I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF THESE BLUES ALIVE
SKIP JAMES - ALL NIGHT LONG
DR. ISAIAH ROSS - FEEL SO GOOD
BIG MAMA THORNTON - HOUND DOG (1952)
MUDDY WATERS - YOU CAN'T LOSE WHAT YOU AIN'T NEVER HAD
BIG JOE WILLIAMS - BABY PLEASE DON'T GO (1963)
MUDDY WATERS - GOT MY MOJO WORKING (1963)
WILLIE DIXON - WEAK BRAIN AND NARROW MIND (1964)
JOHN LEE HOOKER - I'M LEAVING (1964)
J.B.LENOIR - I FEEL SO GOOD
J.B.LENOIR - SLOW DOWN
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES (Skip James)(2003)
BONNIE RAITT - DEVIL GOT MY WOMAN (Skip James) (2003)
CASSANDRA WILSON - VIETNAM BLUES (J.B.Lenoir) (2002)
JAMES BLOOD ULMER & ALISON KRAUSS - SITTIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD
GARLAND JEFFREYS - WASHINGTON DC HOSPITAL CENTER BLUES (2003)
DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS - GAMBLIN' MAN
RUTHIE FOSTER - UP ABOVE MY HEAD (Sister Rosetta Tharpe)(2007)
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Sixties rock finds its roots in several places, starting as far back as the big swing bands of the pre-war era that the 60's kids' parents listened to as youngsters: Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Duke Ellington's bands are some of the most famous. Except for Duke Ellington, all those bands were primarily dance bands, with big swinging backbeats.
DUKE ELLINGTON - Black & Tan Fantasy (1929)
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA (1930)
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1920 - 1940's pop music - the "popular vocalist" ; and 1950's type such as often recorded in Los Angeles for Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Jo Stafford, The Four Freshmen, Patti Page, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett ...................
NATALIE COLE- St.LOUIS BLUES - originally performed by W.C Handy (1914)
BESSIE SMITH - St. LOUIS BLUES (1925)
MILTON AGER & JACK YALLEN - AIN'T SHE SWEET (1927)
MARION HARRIS - AFRAID OF YOU (1929)
THE BOSWELL SISTERS - HEEBIE JEEBIES (1932)
THE BOSWELL SISTERS - CRAZY PEOPLE (1932)
ANNETTE HANSHAW - WE JUST COULDN'T SAY GOODBYE (1933)
JOSEPHINE BAKER - HAITI (1934)
JEAN GABIN & JOSEPHINE BAKER - VIENS PHIPHINE - Zouzou (1934)
ETHEL WATERS - DARKIES NEVER DREAM (1934)
JOSEPHINE BAKER - SOUS LE CIEL d'AFRIQUE (1935)
SHIRLEY LLOYD & LOUIS PRIMA - I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE (1938)
DJANGO REINHARDT - GYPSY JAZZ (EARLY LIFE) (1935)
DJANGO REINHARDT - LIFE STORY
DJANGO REINHARDT & STEPHANE GRAPPELLI - MINOR SWING (1939)
DJANGO REINHARDT - SWING (1939)
LENA HORNE - UNLUCKY WOMAN (Born on a Friday) ( 1941)
ETHEL WATERS - TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE (1942)
ETHEL WATERS - A THING CALLED JOE (1942)
PEGGY LEE & BENNY GOODMAN - WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT (1942)
LENA HORNE - STORMY WEATHER (1943)
ETHEL WATERS & COUNT BASIE - QUICKSAND (1943)
RITA HAYWORTH - PUT THE BLAME ON MAME (1946)
RITA HAYWORTH - PUT THE BLAME ON MAME (acoustic version) (1946)
RITA HAYWORTH - AMADO MIO (1946)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN (1949)
PEGGY LEE & DAVE BARBOUR - I COVER THE WATERFRONT (1950)
PATTI PAGE - TENNESSEE WALTZ (1950)
DEAN MARTIN - THAT'S AMORE (1953)
ROSEMARY CLOONEY - MAMBO ITALIANO (1954)
PEGGY LEE - JOHNNY GUITAR (1955)
DEAN MARTIN - MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS (1956)
THE PLATTERS - ONLY YOU (1956)
RICKY NELSON - A TEENAGER'S ROMANCE (1957)
RICKY NELSON - LONESOME TOWN (1958)
THE PLATTERS - SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (1958)
LOUIS PRIMA - BUONA SERA SIGNORINA (1958)
DEAN MARTIN & RICKY NELSON - MY RIFLE, MY PONY AND ME- Rio Bravo (1959)
DARIO MORENO - MUSTAPHA (1960)
ROY ORBISON - ONLY THE LONLEY (1960)
ELVIS PRESLEY - CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (1961)
BRIAN HYLAND - SEALED WITH A KISS (1962)
RICKY NELSON - YOUNG WORLD (1962)
PEGGY LEE & FRANK SINATRA - NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (1962)
DARIO MORENO - MALAGUENA [Boléro] (1965)
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Rhythm'n'Blues, Rockabilly - "Race" music (which eventually became soul music) Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, The Coasters, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Billy Haley & The Comets, The Everly Brothers, Rickie Nelson, Little Richard, LaVern Baker .............
BILL HAYLEY & HIS COMETS - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (1954)
CHUCK BERRY - MAYBELLENE (1955)
BO DIDDLEY - BO DIDDLEY (1955)
ELVIS PRESLEY - HEARTBREAK HOTEL (1956)
ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME (1956)
ELVIS PRESLEY - LOVE ME TENDER (1956)
ELVIS PRESLEY - DON'T BE CRUEL (1956)
ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG (1956)
SAM COOKE - YOU SEND ME (1957)
RICKY NELSON - BYE BYE LOVE (1957)
ELVIS PRESLEY - TOO MUCH (1957)
BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS - PEGGY SUE (1957)
CARL PERKINS - GLAD ALL OVER (1958)
DUANNE EDDY - REBEL ROUSER (1958)
CHUCK BERRY - JOHNNY B.GOODE (1958)
CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS - LOVE (1959)
EDDIE COCHRAN - TEENAGE HEAVEN (1959)
THE SHADOWS - APACHE (1960)
THE SHADOWS - FBI (1961)
BILL HAYLEY & HIS COMETS - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK (1972) - Wembley
LITTLE RICHARD - LUCILLE (1972) - Wembley stadium |
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